Daniel Gordis Quotes
Never does the Tanakh suggest that our being a people means that only we have a right to an ancestral homeland and that other people don't.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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You earn the respect of your peers that you play against, and they don't trash talk you.
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For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
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Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through torture and punishing your body, but I'm just naturally skinny – you should watch me demolish a ploughman's lunch.
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I'd have sex with a number of the Muppets. I just don't talk about it publicly. It's private. Although a hint is, that there was a character in Elmo in Grouchland who was called 'My Lady' and that's all I'll say.
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If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.… The solution to this is patent exchanges with large companies and patenting as much as we can.
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All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.
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I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.
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I will always choose to work in a movie based on whether I would want to watch it - if I would be willing to spend money in a theatre on it. The script and the people you will work with come after that.
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I get very into my sports.
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I started horse-riding when I was a child and still try to go as often as I can.
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In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.
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I like when a guy wears a T-shirt, and you can see a little curve of the muscle sticking out. That's sexy!
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The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power their lives with anything else.
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Living in London, you feel the sense of how it has developed into a service city. People come here from around the world - both to launder their money and launder their reputations.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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It is in American and Afghan interests for the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan so it doesn't turn into Iraq circa 2014, with the Taliban controlling much of the country while hosting a strong presence of ISIS and al-Qaeda as well as every other jihadist group of note.
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Never does the Tanakh suggest that our being a people means that only we have a right to an ancestral homeland and that other people don't.
